Atossa Soltani

Atossa Soltani is the founder and board president of Amazon Watch and served as the organization’s first Executive Director for 18 years. Currently Atossa is the director of global strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, working to protect one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.  The initiative is led by an alliance of Amazonian indigenous nations of Ecuador and Peru with support from Fundación Pachamama, Amazon Watch and the Pachamama Alliance.   Atossa is the Hillary Institute 2013 Global Laureate for Climate Leadership and recipient of the 2014 Hillary Step Prize.  She is currently producing her first feature-length documentary film titled The Flow about learning from nature’s genius. Atossa served on the board of trustees of The Christensen Fund from 2008-2017 and was Board chair from 2012-2016.

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